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Tingachhia is a small locality in the township of Katihar in Bihar, India. Tingachhia used to be a village but it is now part of Katihar municipality, within Ward No 31 and Ward No 35. The town is at a low elevation, and the landscape is crossed by dried streams. A natural drainage near the village is the Kathotia, which is dirty from sewage from the town. The Kosi canal passes near the village. Formerly much of the area was covered with orchards known as Phulwari- the prominent being Narayan Mandal Phulwari, Mohan Mahto Phulwari and Doma Babu Phulwari. Now all these Phulwaris are gone and unplanned houses are all around. Some of the wells in the area have dried up but the area receives good rainfall. ==History== Tingachhia is a very old settlement located on the trade route from the Bihar plateau to Madhesh region. The origin of the name "Tingachhia" means the place with three trees. The traders used to rest in the shade of these three trees and hence the name. Initially the area was lightly populated and most of the land owned by Zamindars were used for cultivation. With the increase in population the locality grew. A jute mill was set up which is now known as Purana Jute Mill. At the same time there was a match factory, but it has since been closed down as the result of multiple fires. Tingachhia has been a trade centre for raw jute. In the 1960s and 1970s the Jute gola of Mangal Chand Jain supplied jute to the mills of Katihar and Calcutta. The Government of Bihar set up two farms for the development of agriculture. One of the farms, known as Rajendra Jute Research Institute, is doing pioneering work in the area of jute cultivation. Under the aegis of the Government of India the Bihar government set up a Krishi Bazar Samiti (Agriculture Market Yard) for the marketing of agricultural produce in 1974. This samiti is the centre for trading of agricultural products for the entire Katihar district. The godowns and offices of State Food Corporation and Central Ware Housing Corporation are located in the Bazar Samiti premises. There is an office and centre of the Jute Corporation of India for the sale and purchase of jute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tingachhia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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